| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| wagon-headed | adjective | Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outline an inverted U, thus /; as, a wagonheaded ceiling. |
| wagon-roofed | adjective | Having a roof, or top, shaped like an inverted U; wagon-headed. |
| waistcoateer | noun | One wearing a waistcoat; esp., a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet. |
| waistcoating | noun | A fabric designed for waistcoats; esp., one in which there is a pattern, differently colored yarns being used. |
| warehousemen | plural | of Warehouseman |
| warehouseman | noun | One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store., One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods. |
| warm-blooded | adjective | Having warm blood; — applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal. |
| warm-hearted | adjective | Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic. |
| water-bearer | noun | The constellation Aquarius. |
| water beetle | Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidae, and to various genera of the family Hydrophilidae. These beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like oars. | |
| water bridge | See Water table. | |
| water canker | See Canker, n., 1. | |
| water celery | A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; — called also cursed crowfoot. | |
| water cement | Hydraulic cement. | |
| water-closet | noun | A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it. |
| water course | A stream of water; a river or brook., A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands., A running stream of water having a bed and banks; the easement one may have in the flowing of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry. | |
| water doctor | One who professes to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine., A physician who treats diseases with water; an hydropathist. | |
| water engine | An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine. | |
| water furrow | A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry. | |
| water-furrow | verb t. | To make water furrows in. |
| water hammer | A vessel partly filled with water, exhausted of air, and hermetically sealed. When reversed or shaken, the water being unimpeded by air, strikes the sides in solid mass with a sound like that of a hammer., A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel containing it. | |
| waterishness | noun | The quality of being waterish. |
| water junket | The common sandpiper. | |
| waterlandian | noun | One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; — so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland. |
| water lizard | Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3. | |
| water locust | A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley. | |
| water-logged | adjective | Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; — said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm. |
| water meadow | A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream. | |
| water ordeal | Same as Ordeal by water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1. | |
| water pepper | Smartweed., Waterwort. | |
| water pillar | A waterspout. | |
| water rabbit | See Water hare. | |
| water radish | A coarse yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish. | |
| water rattle | Alt. of Water rattler | |
| water-retted | imp. & past participle | of Water-ret |
| water rocket | A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers., A kind of firework to be discharged in the water. | |
| water-rotted | imp. & past participle | of Water-rot |
| water shield | An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly. | |
| water souchy | A dish consisting of small fish stewed and served in a little water. | |
| water spider | An aquatic European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind feet. Called also diving spider., A water mite., Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large American species (Dolomedes lanceolatus) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; — called also raft spider. | |
| water sprite | A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water. | |
| water supply | A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like. | |
| water thrush | A North American bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the common species (S. Noveboracensis)., The European water ousel., The pied wagtail. | |
| water tupelo | A species of large tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern of the United States. See Ogeechee lime. | |
| water turkey | The American snakebird. See Snakebird. | |
| water violet | See under Violet. | |
| water willow | An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers. | |
| waveringness | noun | The quality or state of wavering. |
| weak-hearted | adjective | Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted. |
| weasel-faced | adjective | Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel. |
| weatherboard | noun | That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side., A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water., A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath., A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding. |
| weather-fend | verb t. | To defend from the weather; to shelter. |
| weatherglass | noun | An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope. |
| weatherproof | adjective | Proof against rough weather. |
| weatherwiser | noun | Something that foreshows the weather. |
| web-fingered | adjective | Having the fingers united by a web for a considerable part of their length. |
| wedge-formed | adjective | Having the form of a wedge; cuneiform. |
| wedge-shaped | adjective | Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform., Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf. |
| wedge-tailed | adjective | Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; — said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood. |
| weeding-rhim | noun | A kind of implement used for tearing up weeds esp. on summer fallows. |
| weeping-ripe | adjective | Ripe for weeping; ready to weep. |
| weigh-houses | plural | of Weigh-house |
| well-favored | adjective | Handsome; wellformed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye. |
| wellingtonia | noun | A name given to the “big trees” (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia. |
| well-meaning | adjective | Having a good intention. |
| well-natured | adjective | Good-natured; kind. |
| wheel-shaped | adjective | Shaped like a wheel., Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla. |
| whencesoever | adverb & conj. | From what place soever; from what cause or source soever. |
| wherethrough | adverb | Through which. |
| whettlebones | noun pl. | The vertebrae of the back. |
| whimsicality | noun | The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness. |
| whipgrafting | present participle & vb. noun | of Whipgraft |
| whisperingly | adverb | In a whisper, or low voice; in a whispering manner; with whispers. |
| whisperously | adverb | Whisperingly. |
| whitewashing | present participle & vb. noun | of Whitewash |
| whitlow-wort | noun | Same as Whitlow grass, under Whitlow. |
| whitten tree | Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish branches. | |
| whole-hoofed | adjective | Having an undivided hoof, as the horse. |
| whole-length | adjective | Representing the whole figure; — said of a picture or statue., A portrait or statue representing the whole figure. |
| whole-souled | adjective | Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted. |
| whortleberry | noun | In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1., The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry. |
| whydah finch | The whidah bird. | |
| widow-hunter | noun | One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune. |
| willow-thorn | noun | A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow. |
| wind-sucking | noun | A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; — usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4. |
| wineglassful | As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls. | |
| winterkilled | imp. & past participle | of Winterkill |
| winter-proud | adjective | Having too rank or forward a growth for winter. |
| wire-pulling | noun | The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue. |
| wise-hearted | adjective | Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent. |
| witenagemote | noun | A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest. |
| withdrawment | noun | The act of withdrawing; withdrawal. |
| wither-wrung | adjective | Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse. |
| withholdment | noun | The act of withholding. |
| without-door | adjective | Outdoor; exterior. |
| withoutforth | adverb | Without; outside’ outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. |
| withstanding | present participle & vb. noun | of Withstand |
| wollastonite | noun | A silicate of lime of a white to gray, red, or yellow color, occurring generally in cleavable masses, rarely in tabular crystals; tabular spar. |
| wonderstruck | adjective | Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. |
| wood’s metal | A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ to 71¡ C. See Fusible metal, under Fusible. | |
| word-catcher | noun | One who cavils at words. |
| wouldingness | noun | Willingness; desire. |
| wranglership | noun | The honor or position of being a wrangler at the University of Cambridge, England. |
| wreath-shell | noun | A marine shell of the genus Turbo. See Turbo. |
| wreck-master | noun | A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck. |
| wretchedness | noun | The quality or state of being wretched; utter misery., A wretched object; anything despicably. |